Britain's oldest surviving war veteran has celebrated his 110th birthday at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne.
Henry Allingham was presented with a letter of good wishes from the Queen by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown at the five-star seafront hotel.
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In the past Mr Allingham has put the key to his old age down to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women".
I almost feel like going out to find me a wild, wild woman, but, hey, two out of three ain't bad.
